18.4%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Melbourne City · Sub-region (SA3)
Health & Disability in Melbourne City
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Melbourne City than in most similar areas. Only 18.4% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a remarkably healthy population for a major city centre.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 8.1%, followed by asthma at 6.3%. Overall, 72.8% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.1%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Melbourne City, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.3% of people in Melbourne City need help with daily activities, a figure well below the 5.8% national average. This rate has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 2.0%.
2.3% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Melbourne City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20604/melbourne-city/topic/health-disability